Angriff an Gymnasium: Herrmann: Schongauer Schul-Attacke als rechte Tat eingestuft

Bayern's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann has classified an attack by a 16-year-old at a high school in Schongau, Bavaria, as a right-wing extremist incident. The suspect reportedly wrote a "manifesto" containing anti-feminist, queerphobic, racist, and antisemitic sentiments, according to Herrmann's testimony at a state parliament committee in Munich.

The police have initiated an investigation led by the Bavarian Central Office for the Fight against Extremism and Terrorism (ZET) under the name "8. July". The 8. July group is responsible for the ongoing investigation at the General Prosecutor's Office in Munich.

The authorities have been monitoring the 16-year-old attacker for over a year due to allegations of glorifying violent acts. Herrmann reiterated that there were insufficient grounds for placing the youth under investigation at the time of the attack, emphasizing that prevention is a collective societal responsibility, which the police alone cannot fulfill.

He stressed the need to develop further police strategies to handle such situations, including measures taken by schools and youth welfare offices. Herrmann suggested having additional consequences for the future regarding the handling of such threats from students, including the use of threat assessments by schools and youth welfare offices.